Fedor Emelianenko had definitely closed the books on his MMA career when he retired back in 2012, yet three years later the Legend is back. With a compiled 34-4 record in his MMA career along with wins on his last three contests, the legendary PRIDE champion has decided to get back to training and possibly sign a contact with Bellator MMA. Great news for the ” Emperor’s ” fans no doubt. Check out what he had to say about it.
“It’s extremely important for any athlete to do what you love, to work out on training sessions, to prove yourself on the competitions, representing your Motherland, – told Fedor in his statement to the Union MMA of Russia, – For the time that I’ve been working for the Ministry of Sport I managed to give my contribution into development of martial arts, I cooperated with the sports federations, learnt the problems of our sport and tried to solve them as good as I could. Now I feel that it’s a high time to get back in action”.
“I managed to recover and heal the old injuries. For the last 3 years I was maintaining my physical shape, but that’s still not enough to compete at proper level. Therefore I started to do more intensive trainings recently. We got a team of versatile professionals and athletes, who will help me to prepare myself well enough. I will also try to help other fighters to grow as professionals. I have to do a great job to prepare myself to return in fighting. Now we are in the middle of negotiations between the promotion companies. Once agreements are reached, there will be information on the date of the fight and my opponent”.
He is my favorite MMA fighter .. this is why I do not want to see him fighting.